For some unexplainable reason, I adore Oscar night. I don't know why--almost everything about it should point to me disliking it: the spectacle, the drama, the hype. But if you look past all of this, down to it's very core, it's really a group of people gathering once a year to pay tribute to the beautiful art that is filmmaking.
At least that's how I choose to view it.
Anyway, I've been a little MIA lately, but I thought I'd still sneak in a few last-minute comments about films in 2009 and who I'd like to see win some awards tonight.
Also, for those of you wondering where the "master list" of 2009 films is, the Academy puts out a list every year of all the films eligible to be nominate for best picture.
Who I'd like to see win:
Sadly, there really aren't any movies or actors this year that I'm really rooting for. Normally there's at least one contender for Best Picture that I can really get behind and root for; this year, however, there are quite a few films and performances I like, but none that I love. Basically, as long as Avatar or The Blind Side don't win Best Picture, I'll be happy. Both were OK, but neither are Best Picture worthy.
Though I do think Christoph Waltz should win Best Supporting Actor (Inglourious Basterds). And I'm rooting for Carey Mulligan, even though I have yet to see An Education.
Worst Movie of 2009:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (yes, even worse than The Proposal)
Biggest Disappointments:
9
Public Enemies
Top Favorites:
Where the Wild Things Are
(500) Days of Summer
Most Laughs:
I Love You, Man
Inglourious Basterds
Most Tears:
Up (those first five minutes killed me)
Where the Wild Things Are (I was a mess at the end of this movie)
Movies I was able to see from 2009:
9 (NOT to be confused with "Nine")
(500) Days of Summer
17 Again
Adventureland
All About Steve (saw half of it)
Avatar
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Coraline
District 9
Fired Up
Funny People
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I Love You, Man
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Julie & Julia
Moon
New in Town
Public Enemies
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek
State of Play
The Blind Side
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
The Invention of Lying
The Proposal
Up
Where the Wild Things Are
Whip It
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Movies I missed but still want to see:
A Serious Man
Adam
An Education
Away We Go
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Monsters vs Aliens
Precious
Sunshine Cleaning
Taken
Taking Woodstock
The Bluetooth Virgin
The Princess and the Frog
The Road
The Soloist
Up in the Air
Zombieland
That's all for now, folks. More later....? Perhaps. =) And feel free to share your picks, if you feel so inclined.
